Button-marker for shoe-uppers



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A. B. McOOY. v BUTTON MARKER FOR SHOE UPPERS.

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, UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

ALONZO B. MCCOY, OF BURLINGTON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HENRY B.ANTHONY, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

BUTTON-MARKER FOR SHOE-UPPERS;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 455,759, dated July 14,1891. Application filed December 13, 1890. Serial No. 374.635. (Nomodel.)

T aZZ whom, it nuty concern.-

Be it known that I, ALONZO B. MCCOY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Burlington, in the county of Burlington and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and useful Button and Button-Hole Marker forShoe-Uppers, of which the following is a specification.

My inv ntion relates to a machine for simultaneously and correctlymarking on a shoe-upper the places for the buttons and button-holes.

On reference to the accompanying sheets of drawings, making part of thisspecification, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a machine embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3isa vertical and transversesection with a shoe-upper on the dividing-bar. Fig.4 is a top or planView. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a shoe-upper having its button andbutton-hole flaps folded on the narrow quarter, the dividing-bar beingbetween the narrow quarter on the bottom side and the button andbutton-hole flaps on the top ready for marking. Fig. 6 is a spreadoutView of an upper after marking.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in the several views.

A is the base of the machine employed for marking; B, its upright, and CD brackets extending from it.

E is a driving-shaft in bearings of the uprights B F, which is actuatedby a pulley, clutch, or other suitable device. To the front 3 5 end ofthe shaft E is fixed a crank or crankw-heel G, whose connecting-rod H isengaged with a loose collar I on a vertical presser-bar J, passingthrough and guided by the brackets C D. A hollow screw K may be used inconnection with the upper bracket C.

L is an adjustable collar at the top of the presser-bar J for regulatingits stroke by its distance from thetop of the bracket C. When the hollowscrew K is used for top-guiding be the distance between the collar andit.

M is an adjustable collar on the presser-bar,

which engages with the loose collar I of theconnecting-rod H forimparting an upward motion to the said presser-bar.

N is a spiral sprlng on the resser-bar bethe presser-bar, the length ofits stroke will tween the loose collar I and an adjustable collar 0. Itis the connection between the crankG or other actuating device and thepresser-bar and the means of converting the circular motion of the crankinto a downward and yielding motion of the presser-bar, the degree ofelasticity depending on the adjustment of the collar 0.

At the bottom of the presser-bar J is a removable presser-foot P, withits bottom indented at a to correspond with an upwardlyprojectingmarker 1) of a dividing-bar Q, having its loose end 0 and marker 2)between the presser-foot and an anvil R of the base A. Its other end isfixed to a block S.

The operation of myinvent-ion is as follows: On the application of powerthe rotary motion of the shaft E is imparted ,to the crank G, andthrough the intervention of the connecting-rod H, its collar I, and thefixed collar M an upward motion is given to the presser-bar J. For adownward stroke the motion of the crank G is imparted by the collar I,sliding on the presser-bar J, to the spring N, whichconverts the rotarymotion of the actuating meansinto a down or reverse movement of the bar.The said spring N serves, as it were, for an elastic connection ortransmitter, and its compression forces the bar on the upper with anelastic pressure, which prevents its end from injuring the leather.

The upper T, Figs. 5 and 6, is made ready for marking by turning thebutton-hole flap U back on the narrow quarter -V, and the button-hole orscallop flap W onthe button-hole flap. The upper is next passed over thedividing-bar Q, the narrow quarter V below, and the button andbutton-hole flaps above. It is guided by the operator to the properposition for the downstroke of the presser-bar by sliding it along thedividing bar until the first scallop d to be marked is axially beneaththe bar, or its foot P when one is used. The stroke of the bar forcesthe upper and the'dividing-bar on the anvil R, by which the marker 1) ispressed against the button and button hole flaps and simultaneously andcorrectly marks the places for the buttons and button-holes. The Ioonarrow quarter V, being beneath the dividing-bar, is not marked. Theshape of the presser-foot P should conform to that of the scallops, and,as it is. removable, it may be taken oif and dispensed with.

I claim In a marker for shoe-uppers, the combination of a reciprocatingpresser-bar, a collar for transmitting motion to the presser-bar throughthe medium of a spring of the same, a spring-adjusting collar, adividing-bar, a

marker, and actuating means for marking to the places of the buttons andbutton-holes of a shoe-upper.

In testimony whereof I affix mysignature in 7 presence of two Witnesses.

ALONZO B. MCCOY.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS D. PASTORLUS, MARTIN V. BERGEN.

